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On display at the Henderson County Museum is a copy of the Henderson County Women’s Favorite Recipes and Weekly Recipe Service cook book.
Within this publication, Henderson County women were encouraged to submit recipes to The Graphic for publication in a weekly column. Recipes were then to be clipped from the newspaper and added to dedicated blank pages in the cookbook.
The book was published in 1935 and was a free gift with a one year subscription to the Stronghurst Grahpic or Henderson County News newspapers.
The title page reads “Dedicated to the good housewives of Henderson County whose skill and labor makes healthier and happier families. May they derive much pleasure and profit from this, their own column.”
Some of the delicious recipes in the cook book include: Spicy Bread Pudding by Mrs. Leona Talbot of Stronghurst; Filled Cookies by Miss Esther Swanson of Media; Banana Cake by Mrs. Phil Anderson of Carman, Baked Peppers by Mrs. Lilly Galbraith of Biggsville; and Exquisite Fudge by Miss Mamie Peterson of Gladstone.
This week's Artifact of the Week is special for us at The Quill. Paul Bell hired a young lady from Olena, Belva Brewer, to help The Graphic collect recipes for the book.
The pair would later marry in 1937 and have four children, Charles, Gary, David and Dessa.